WARD Charles

  • First Name(s):
    Charles 
  • Surname:
    WARD
  • Service Number:
    16634
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    13th November 1916
  • Age At Death:
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 6C.
  • Place of Birth:
    Claines, Worcestershire, enlisted and resident Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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WARD Charles Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester St Stephen’s Church

Further Information About WARD Charles

The following report appears in the Kidderminster Times 16th December 1916:
Private Charles Ward, 16634.  Son of Mrs Ward, 10 Victoria Street, Barbourne, Worcester. Killed in November by shell fire.  He was previously apprenticed to and worked for Messrs. Phelps and Johnson as a plumber.

A photograph of Private C. Ward of Worcester can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 2nd December 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

The following information has been researched by Geoff Hill:
1911 Census
10 Victoria Street, Worcester
Charles Ward, aged 20, plumber
At same address: George (father), carpenter, mother, 1 brother and 1 sister.

Charles Ward has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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Credits: Kidderminster Times researched and transcribed by Adrian Carter.